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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2023

Fascioliasis associated with chronic cholecystitis in a woman from Sistan and Baluchestan province, a non-endemic region in Southeastern Iran.

Mohammad Shafiee, Saeid Nasibi, Mohammad Reza Lashkarizadeh, Majid Fasihi Harandi

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mohammad ShafieeResearch Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Dept of Surgery, Afzalipour Medical Center, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Saeid NasibiResearch Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Dept of Parasitology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. s.nasibi62@gmail.com.
Mohammad Reza LashkarizadehResearch Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Dept of Surgery, Afzalipour Medical Center, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Majid Fasihi HarandiResearch Center for Hydatid Disease in Iran, Dept of Parasitology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. fasihi@kmu.ac.ir.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundFascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica, is a neglected zoonotic food-borne trematodiasis. The Caspian littoral in northern Iran is endemic for the disease, and human fascioliasis is well-known in that region. In the present study, we report the diagnosis, identification, and clinical management of a human case of fascioliasis associated with common bile duct (CBD) obstruction from a non-endemic remote area in southeastern Iran. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42-year-old female was admitted to Afzalipour Medical Center hepatobiliary surgery ward in Kerman with abdominal pain for the past three months. Dilated biliary tract and an ill-defined mass in CBD were reported in abdominal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, respectively. During distal CBD operation, nine leaf-like motile flatworms were isolated. A morphological study confirmed all the isolates as Fasciola, and further molecular investigations, identified the flukes as F. hepatica using both pepck multiplex PCR and cox1 sequencing.

conclusionMolecular and morphological findings of the study indicated the presence of human fascioliasis in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan in Iran. Fascioliasis is among the etiologies of chronic cholecystitis, and physicians should consider chronic cholecystitis associated with fascioliasis in the differential diagnosis. In the present report, endoscopic ultrasound was usefully applied for the accurate diagnosis of biliary fasciolosis.

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Biliary TractCholecystitisFasciola hepaticaFascioliasisAdultAnimalsFemaleHumansIranCase reportChronic cholecystitisEndosonographyFasciolosis, Fasciola hepatica

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